Joseph summer



Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY I7. 1919- Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- head and foot frames having movable mems'rans PATENT ornion.

JOSEPH RIMMER, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO G. W. BENT CO., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE. i

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH RiMMER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of -Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Cribs, of whichthe following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like charactersjon the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to cribs for children and is an improvement upon cribs of that character which have a mattress-supportlng frame pivoted to be turned from a horizontal Into a vertical pos1t1on between bers capable of being folded toward each other and substantially parallel with the mattress-supporting frame in its vertical position.

The present invention has for its ObJeCt to provide a crib of the character described in which the movablemembers of the head and foot frames are connected to the mat tress-supporting frame so as to be moved away from each other when the mattresssupporting frame is turned into its vertical position and to be moved toward'each other when the mattress-supporting frame is turned down into its substantially horizontal position, for purposes as will be' described.

The particular features ofthe invention will be pointed out in the ch ims at the end i ofthis specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a metallic crib embodying this invention. Figs. 2 and 3, details to be referred to, Fig. 2 being a section on the line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 4:, a plan of the crib shown in Fig. 1

in its operative position, and

Fig. 5, a plan of a portion of the crib. with the mattress-supporting frame in its inoperative position. i i

The invention is herein shown as embodied in a'metallic crib, whose general construction is substantially the same as that shown in United States Patent No. 1,293,001 dated February 4:, 1919, and which comprises head and foot frames a, 6, side frames 0, (Z, and

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 30', 1919.

1 Application filed July 17, 1919. Serial No. 311,622. 7 i

a mattress-supporting frame 6, the head and foot frames being composed of stationary when not in use.

The 1nattress-supporting framefe in its lowered or operative position is supported near its'front side by means of-b'rackets 14 attached to the movable members 12 of the head and foot frames (see Fig. 1).

In the metallic crib shown and described in the patent, the/movable members 12 of the'head and foot frames are moved outwardly by hand so as to allow themattresssupporting frame to be turned into its upright position, and as metallic cribs of this character are usually painted or enameled,

. it frequently happens that the person manipulating the crib fails to properly position the movable members of the head and foot frames with relation to the mattresssupporting frame, and as a result the paint or enamel on the movable members of the head and foot frames is soon scraped off on the inner side of the said movable members, which renders the crib unsightly. This marring of the crib by the scraping action of the mattress-supporting frame takes place on both movements of the latter, that is, when said frame is raised and lowered. So also,

'there is liability of the mattress-supporting frame dropping down onto and injuring the foot of the operator when said frame is lowered and the movable members of the head and foot frames are not properly positioned by the operator.

The present invention has for its object to improve cribs :of the character described, so

that-.marring of thecrib and accidents to the operator are avoided, and to this end, the movable members 12 of the head and foot frames are connected with the mattresssup-porting frame, so that movement of the movable members is governed or controlled by the mattress-supporting frame, and said movable members are automatically positioned properly by the mattress-supporting frame.

y In the present instance this resultis ob tained by two sets of levers, one set comprising the levers 16, 17 beingpivoted to gether and having their opposite ends connected'with the movable member 12. of the head frame a and withthe rear side of the mattress-supporting frame, and the otherset oomprising-the levers 18, 19, which are pivoted together and have their opposite ends connected with the movable member 12 of the foot frame I), and with the mattress- V supporting frame.

In-the present instance,the levers 16, 18, are shown as pivoted to lugs 20, 21, on themovable members-'12, and the levers 17 19,

are pivotally connected with the mattress frame and as herein shown are pivoted at -22 with one member 23 of a hinge, whose other'member 24 is pivoted at 25 with the rear side 26 of the mattress-supporting frame (see Figs. 2 and 3).

InFig. 2 is illustrated the relation of V the hinge 23, 24, to the mattress-supporting frame in its'horizontal or operative position, and in Fig. 3, the relation of said parts whensaid frame is in its vertical position.

Thelevers and their connectionswith the movable members of the head and foot frames and with the mattress supportingframe are such, that when the mattress-supporting frame is turned from its horizontal or operative position into its vertical or inoperative position, the movable members have 1 their free ends swung from each other and". i I thereby away from the pathjof'movement of the mattress-supportingframe, as reprer-' sented in Fig. 5,, and as a result, the mov verse movement of the mattress-supporting i frame, the movable members are swung back able members 12 are prevented from being scraped or otherwise injured by the mat-f tress-supporting frame as the latter is turned up into its vertical position. On the refrom the position shown in Fig; 5, toward each other and into position parallel with each other as represented in Fig. 1, and

' this'movement is so timed that the supportthe time the -mattress-supporting frame reachesits horizontal or operative position.

ing brackets 14: on the movable members are broughtfi'nto the path of movement of the 1 mattress-supporting frame so as to be engaged by the end bars 27 thereof at orabout shown.

The outward movement of the movable members 12 is limited as herein shown by the stationary members 10 (see Fig. 5), and the inward movement of the members 12 under the influence of the mattress supporting frame is limited by the levers 16, 17,18, 19, which are brought into a substantially straight position as shown in Fig. 74:, with a lip or flange 30 on the levers 17, 19, engaging the levers 16, 18, said lips being brought into engagement with the levers 16, 18, at or about the time the members 12 have been brought into alinement with the members 10.

It will be-understood, that after the mattress-supporting frame has been turned up into its vertical 'positionrepresented in Fig. 5, the movable members 12 are capable of being turned by the operator toward each other and into a positionsubstantially parallel with the mattress-supporting frame with the latter in its vertical position, the levers 16, 18, being capable of turning on their pivots 31 without hindrance, by the lips 30.

One embodiment of the invention is here-' in shown, but it is not desired to limit, the invention to the particular construction Claims: 7

1. Inacrib, in combination, head and 1 foot frames having movable members,- a mattress-supporting frame located between said head and foot frames and pivoted to be'turned into a substantially vertical position, means on said movable, members for supporting said mattress-supporting frame .in the lowered positionof thelatter, and levers connecting :said movable members with saidmattress-supporting frame to; be moved outwardly when said mattress-supporting frame is turned into its vertical position and to be moved inwardly into the path of movement of said mattress-supporting frame when the-latter is turned down into its horizontal position.

2. In a crib, in combination, head and {foot frames having. movable members, a

mattress-supporting frame located between said head and foot'frames and pivoted to be turned into a substantially vertical ponected with said movable members to automatically move the latter when the mattressconnected therewith to be moved away from supporting frame is turned from a horizoneach other when the mattress-supporting tal into a vertical position and vice versa. frame is moved into its substantially verti- 10 4:. In a crib, in combination, a mattresscal position. 5 supporting frame pivoted to be turned from In testimony whereof, I have signed my a horizontal into a substantially vertical poname to this specification. sition, and movable head and foot members JOSEPH RIMMER.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. (2. 

